Pen. Code, § 115.3 · Chapter 4. Forging, Stealing, Mutilating, and Falsifying Judicial and Public Records and Documents
Pen. Code, § 115.3
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Any person who alters a certified copy of an official record, or knowingly furnishes an altered certified copy of an official record, of this state, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches thereof, or of any city, county, city and county, district, or political subdivision thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 874, Sec. 1. Effective September 5, 1984.
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